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Czech
Etymology
Inherited from Old Czech ochota, from Proto-Slavic *oxota.
Pronunciation
Noun
ochota f (related adjective ochotný)
- willingness
- Antonym: neochota f
Declension
Declension of ochota (hard feminine)
Further reading
- “ochota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “ochota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “ochota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *oxota.
Pronunciation
Noun
ochota f
- desire, will, willingness
- Synonym: chęć
- alacrity
- Synonym: ochoczość
- (Near Masovian) game with dancing
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- ochota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ochota in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Zygmunt Wasilewski (1889) “ochota”, in Jagodne: wieś w powiecie łukowskim, gminie Dąbie: zarys etnograficzny (in Polish), Warsaw: M. Arct, page 244